1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish, foolishness; but to us who are saved, it is the power of God.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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Acts 2:47praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who are saved[2:47].
Acts 17:18And certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, were disputing with him. And some said: What would this babbler say? and others: He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods; because he made known to them the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to Gentiles foolishness,
1 Corinthians 2:14But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he can not know them, because they are spiritually judged.
1 Corinthians 15:2through which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word with which I preached to you, unless ye believed in vain.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
The Efficacy of the Gospel; The Character of the Gospel. ( a. d. 57.) 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the… Read the whole commentary →